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How to Build a Reliable AI Governance Platform

Information Week

AI governance platforms play an important role in ensuring that AI systems are ethical and transparent. Here's what you need to know to create a platform for your organization's needs.

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Seven important trends in the server sphere

Network World

The pace of change around server technology is advancing considerably, driven by hyperscalers but spilling over into the on-premises world as well. There are numerous overall trends, experts say, including: AI everything: AI mania is everywhere and without high power hardware to run it, its just vapor. But its more than just a buzzword, it is a very real and measurable trend.

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VMware ESXi gets critical patches for in-the-wild virtual machine escape attack

Network World

Broadcom released emergency patches for its VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products to fix three vulnerabilities that can lead to virtual machine escape and are actively being exploited by attackers. Products that include VMware ESXi, such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, and VMware Telco Cloud Platform, are also impacted. VMware products, especially the ESXi enterprise hypervisor, are high-value targets and have been repeatedly attacked by cybercriminal and cyberespionage group

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Security researchers are warning of a significant global rise in Chinese cyber espionage activity against organizations in every industry. Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges. Researchers at the firm also identified seven new Chinese-origin cyber espionage groups in 2024, many of which exhibited specialized targeting and tools

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyer's Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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Women in Cyber Security on the Rise, But Facing More Layoffs and Budget Cuts Than Men

Tech Republic Security

In 2024, women accounted for 22% of global security teams on average, compared to 17% in 2023, according to ISC2.

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Reorganizing Your Frontline Marketing Teams Without Clear Purpose Is Marketing Malfeasance

Forrester IT

This blog dives into the pitfalls of team reorganizations without a core purpose. Learn how to identify root causes and ensure your reorganization efforts hit the mark.

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RIP (finally) to the blockchain hype

CIO Business Intelligence

The blockchain hype starting in the late 2010s has nearly died, replaced by intense interest in AI and hurt by sketchy cryptocurrency and NFT schemes, some experts say. Gartners last hype cycle for blockchain , released in July 2024, had most blockchain-related technologies moving past the peak of inflated expectations and headed into the trough of disillusionment.

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DoJ Busts Alleged Global Hacking-for-Hire Network of ‘Cyber Mercenaries’

Tech Republic Security

Targets included the U.S. Treasury Department, journalists, and religious organisations, and the attacks intended to steal data and suppress free speech.

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The Insurance Industry’s Data Posture Is An Existential Risk

Forrester IT

Insurers collect a wealth of data, but only a few have found ways to harness its true potential. Most insurance business and technology leaders have very low confidence in their data assets ability to meet customer and competitive demands.

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Get Control Over Unstructured Data

Information Week

The No. 1 data management problem today is coping with the 80% of data that is unstructured. Its time for IT to define a methodology.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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HPE cuts 2,500 jobs, expects Juniper buy to close year-end ’25, faces tariff issues

Network World

Despite a mostly positive revenue report for the first quarter of its fiscal 2025, HPE executives detailed a number of challenges the company will face in the coming months, including layoffs, a court case over its proposed buy of Juniper Networks, and the U.S. governments tariff plan. Revenues were up $7.9 billion, or 16% year-over-year, CEO Antonio Neri told Wall Street analysts.

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MWC25: KSA accelerates digital transformation with Huawei-Zain partnership

CIO Business Intelligence

In a landmark move for Saudi Arabias digital economy, Huawei Cloud and Zain KSA have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate cloud adoption and digital transformation across industries. Signed at MWC Barcelona 2025, this collaboration aligns with Saudi Arabias Cloud-First policy and underscores both companies commitment to advancing cloud technologies in the Kingdom.

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Save 70% on a Course Showing You How to Invest in Crypto

Tech Republic Security

In this online training course, learn about NFTs, blockchain, decentralized apps, and more.

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Key Questions For Tackling Technical Debt

Forrester IT

Technology leaders are more focused on technical debt today to ensure that they can fully leverage tomorrows emerging tech. Find out the questions that you should be asking to manage the technical debt in your organization.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.

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Winning the War Against Social Media Disinformation

Information Week

Media literacy, critical thinking, and platform accountability are key to fighting the infodemic.

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AI driving a 165% rise in data center power demand by 2030

Network World

Global power demand from data centers will increase 50% by 2027 and by as much as 165% by the end of the decade compared with 2023, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs Research The industry is shrugging off the potential of DeepSeek which claimed large-scale AI modeling capabilities from low-end hardware and is instead focused on efficiency, wrote James Schneider, a senior equity research analyst covering US telecom, digital infrastructure, and IT services, in the data center deman

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Security researchers are warning of a significant global rise in Chinese cyber espionage activity against organizations in every industry. Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges. Researchers at the firm also identified seven new Chinese-origin cyber espionage groups in 2024, many of which exhibited specialized targeting and tools

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Long Arm of the Law Comes for Russian Crypto: Why Secret Service Seized Garantex

Tech Republic Security

Authorities say Garantex has processed more than $96 billion in transactions since it launched in 2019.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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The Graphic Future Of IT Management 

Forrester IT

graphic created by prompting an LLM to create a graph model in neo4j As we approach the 2025 ServiceNow Knowledge and Atlassian Team conferences, IT management is entering a new era. The rapid adoption of AI-driven automation and the increasing use of graph-based models signal a fundamental shift in how organizations manage IT portfolios.

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What Is Going on with US Cyber Command in Regard to Russia?

Information Week

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly called for a halt of offensive cyber operations against Russia, but the DoD denies those reports.

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Data center vacancies hit historic lows despite record construction

Network World

Space supply in major data center markets increased by 34% year-over-year to 6,922.6 megawatts, considerable growth over the 26% increase in 2023 , according to CBRE research. Primary markets such as Northern Virginia, Atlanta, and San Francisco, had a record 6,350 megawatts (MW) under construction at the end of 2024, more than double the 3,077.8 MW capacity being built at the end of 2023.

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Deep tech disruption: How advanced technologies are transforming businesses

CIO Business Intelligence

CEOs, CIOs and CFOs are finding that deep tech is actively driving business innovation and profitability. From AI models that boost sales to robots that slash production costs, advanced technologies are transforming both top-line growth and bottom-line efficiency. Business leaders dont need to be technology experts to grasp this shift; they need vision and urgency.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Microsoft and Amazon’s quantum advancements spark questions about the future of encryption

GeekWire

Microsofts new Majorana 1 processor is the first quantum chip powered by a topological core based on a new class of materials. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft) With recent announcements of new quantum computing advancements, Microsoft , Amazon and Google have set a new countdown clock ticking on todays encryption now an even shorter race than expected.

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Apple and the UK Government broke a “trust promise”.

Forrester IT

This blog post was co-authored with Martin Gill, VP, Research Director Last week we shared some classical Greek imagery in our blog on the UK Governments recent swathe of AI announcements. This week Im more inspired by Ancient Rome to say mala tempora currunt!

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What Will Be Quantum Computing’s Role in the Cloud?

Information Week

As stakeholders in the cloud try their hands at developing quantum compute chips and related resources, is there a symbiotic evolution of tech in the making?

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Microsoft’s Veeam partnership signals data resiliency market shift

Network World

Veeam recently announced a multi-faceted expansion of its partnership with Microsoft. The first facet is that Microsoft is making an equity investment in Veeam. Although no terms of the financial arrangement were given, this does follow a $2 billion round in late 2024 in which Veeam was valued at $15 billion. There have been rumors swirling regarding the Kirkland, Wash.

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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Making mindfulness a leadership success factor

CIO Business Intelligence

Many industries are currently undergoing massive change. They are adapting organizationally, introducing modern technologies and developing newbusiness models. This is accompanied by a fundamentally changedworking environmentand a rethinking of corporate culture. Managers find themselves at the nexus of this transformation affected by change and at the same time asked to play a crucial role as role models and multipliers.

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A private company has successfully landed landed on the Moon for the first time

TechSpot

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander successfully touched down on the lunar surface at 3:34 a.m. ET (02:34 CST) on Sunday, becoming the first non-governmental object to land on the Moon without issue. The feat marks an early step in NASA's efforts to establish a lunar economy.

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Introducing The Forrester Wave™: Application Modernization And Multicloud Managed Services, Q1 2025

Forrester IT

Applications modernization remains a critical priority for enterprises as they continue their journey to the cloud and beyond. While the lift and shift era of cloud migration has ended, the modernization journey, continues.

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AI’s Impact on Cloud Spending: The Hunger for Capacity

Information Week

Artificial intelligence infrastructure such as GPUs are driving up cloud spending and costs, but AI also allows organizations to manage cloud spending.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.